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(31) If the plan is not exempt from approval, the council shall cause to be compiled and forwarded to the approval authority, not later than 15 days after the day the plan was adopted, a record which shall include the prescribed information and material and any fee under section 69 or 69.1.  1996, c. 4, s. 9.

(32) An approval authority may require that a council provide such other information or material that the approval authority considers it may need.  1996, c. 4, s. 9.

(33) Until the approval authority has received the information, material and fee referred to in subsection (31),

(a) the approval authority may refuse to accept or further consider the plan; and

(b) the time period referred to in subsection (40) does not begin.  1996, c. 4, s. 9.

(34) The approval authority may confer with any person or public body that it considers may have an interest in the plan and may,

(a) approve, modify and approve as modified or refuse to approve a plan; or

(b) approve, modify and approve as modified or refuse to approve part or parts of the plan.  1996, c. 4, s. 9.

(34.1) Despite subsection (34), an approval authority shall not approve any part of a lower-tier municipality’s plan if the plan or any part of it does not, in the approval authority’s opinion, conform with,

(a) the upper-tier municipality’s official plan;

(b) a new official plan of the upper-tier municipality that was adopted before the 120th day after the lower-tier municipality adopted its plan, but is not yet in effect; or

(c) a revision of the upper-tier municipality’s official plan that was adopted in accordance with section 26, before the 120th day after the lower-tier municipality adopted its plan, but is not yet in effect.  2015, c. 26, s. 18 (10); 2017, c. 23, Sched. 3, s. 6 (6); 2019, c. 9, Sched. 12, s. 3 (6).

(34.2) Nothing in subsection (34.1) derogates from an approval authority’s ability to modify a lower-tier municipality’s plan and approve it as modified if the modifications remove any non-conformity described in that subsection.  2015, c. 26, s. 18 (10).

(35) If the approval authority makes a decision under subsection (34), it shall ensure that written notice of its decision is given in the prescribed manner to,

(a) the council or planning board that adopted the plan;

(b) each person or public body that made a written request to be notified of the decision;

(c) each municipality or planning board to which the plan would apply if approved; and

(d) any other person or public body that is prescribed. 2015, c. 26, s. 18 (11).

(35.1) The notice under subsection (35) shall contain,

(a) a brief explanation of the effect, if any, that the written submissions mentioned in subsection (35.2) had on the decision; and

(b) any other information that is prescribed.  2015, c. 26, s. 18 (11).

(35.2) Clause (35.1) (a) applies to any written submissions relating to the plan that were made to the approval authority before its decision.  2015, c. 26, s. 18 (11).

(35.3) If the notice under subsection (35) is given by the Minister and he or she is also giving notice of the matter in accordance with section 36 of the Environmental Bill of Rights, 1993, the brief explanation referred to in clause (35.1) (a) is not required. 2015, c. 26, s. 18 (11).